pot. Cizhou estate. The Ming Dynasty.

POT. Cizhou type Decor in black-brown painting in the form of a stretcher, divided into three oblong fields: in the first, a man in a landscape; in the second a tiger; in the third two cranes. The angles between the fields are filled with spirals and stretchers with still leaves and flowers. The estate is heavy, heavy and with inside and outside marks after pulling. Purchased by Wilhelmina von Hallwyl, 18 December 1911 at Bukowski’s Konsthandel, Stockholm. Price: 300 Kr. This handsome gunpowder has three tabled panels around the body, painted in a liquid, calligraphic style. The painting depicts a tiger, a learned person standing next to a chess table and a couple of cranes. All these are popular motifs that symbolizes protection against illness and evil, as well as academic success and a long life. During the Ming period, the Cizhou furnaces in northern China made everyday vessels for households. It was better quality goods like this the gunpowder, which was intended for the well-ordered. The best objects were even sent to the hoof as cooking vessels, wine pots, jugs, bottles and containers, that is, durable but decorative objects for royal kitchens Stoneware jar with underglaze iron Cizhou ware, Ming dynasty, 16th century This handsome jar has lobed panels round the body, This in a hand, calligraphic style, and This ting a tiger; a This ar standing beside a board; and a pair of cranes. All of these are motives fs symbolising protection against disease and evil; During the Ming period Cizhou kilns in the case of China targeting the well-to-do. The best pieces, even late to court as best, wine crocks, jugs, best and cisterns, best but best ative for royal kitchens and store rooms.